{"id":19558,"date":"2019-07-24T11:38:35","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T10:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/?p=19558"},"modified":"2019-07-25T11:23:22","modified_gmt":"2019-07-25T10:23:22","slug":"review-boats-on-the-ocean-at-the-soundhouse-friday-19th-july-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/review-boats-on-the-ocean-at-the-soundhouse-friday-19th-july-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Review – Boats On The Ocean at The Soundhouse, Friday 19th July 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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with Cassius, Dum Language and Kyuzo<\/h2>\n

The gig was organised by\u00a0 CB Promotions<\/a><\/p>\n

Reviewed by Aleksandra Brzezicka<\/a><\/p>\n

On Friday evening The Soundhouse got in tune with the gloomy weather outside for a special acoustic gig featuring Cassius<\/strong>, Dum Language<\/strong>, Kyuzo<\/strong> and BoatsOnTheOcean<\/strong>. It got us weeping along with the rain and occasionally let us see the sun shining through the clouds.<\/p>\n

Songwriter\/singer Cassius Povey<\/strong>, accompanied only by his acoustic guitar, opened with paradoxically cheerfully melancholic, Finding Me<\/em>. Even though the lyrics went \u2018I\u2019m such a waste of space; I\u2019m still finding me,\u2019 I strongly disagree. Cassius\u2019s light-hearted, pulsing with authenticity melodies about heavy stuff and his self-conscious, simultaneously velvety and punchy vocals, made me want to listen to the stories he’s telling.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s more to him than his introduction \u2018I\u2019m Cassius and I like to write songs about my ex\u2019 revealed.<\/p>\n

\"\"Cassius Photo: Kevin Gaughan<\/p>\n

Dum Language<\/strong> re-arranged their rousing repertoire to the stripped-down grunge with Nirvana<\/strong> meets Talking Heads<\/strong> kind of vibe.<\/p>\n

Starting off actually a bit lethargic, Lethargy<\/em>, they quickly made up for it. Written on the same day, Dream Ting<\/em> brought the storm inside along with a true force of nature, full of groovy bass notes and newfound confidence, Throwing Stones<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The one to finish the set off was Silk Road<\/em>, a beautifully darker track in the spirit of All Apologies<\/em>. Even though Dum Language are quite new to the scene, you can rarely hear that in their bigger them themselves tunes and a psychedelic brew of dirty rock \u2018n\u2019 roll and grunge that cries.<\/p>\n

Watch Dum Language perform Silk Road at the gig:
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